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Based on data collected from policyholders, life insurance companies have developed tables that list standard weight ranges for various heights. Policyholders whose weight fell within the range given for their height lived longer than those whose weight fell outside their given range. Therefore, if people whose weight falls outside their given range modified their weight to fall within that range, their overall life expectancies would improve.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
(A) Some people would be unwilling to modify their weights solely to increase the general population’s overall life expectancies.
(B) Life insurance companies intended their tables to guide individuals in adjusting their weights in order to increase their life spans.
(C) The tables include data gathered from policyholders whose deaths resulted from accidents in addition to those whose deaths resulted from natural causes.
(D) Holders of life insurance policies do not have longer overall life expectancies than the general population.
(E) People’s efforts to modify their weight to conform to a given range would not damage their health enough to decrease their overall life expectancies.
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= policyholders data show that
= those within range weight x height live longer
= therefore, those who mod their weight to rng will live longer
ans (E) what if by trying to mod their weight things got out of hand < life expec.
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Based on data collected from policyholders, life insurance companies have developed tables that list standard weight ranges for various heights. Policyholders whose weight fell within the range given for their height lived longer than those whose weight fell outside their given range. Therefore, if people whose weight falls outside their given range modified their weight to fall within that range, their overall life expectancies would improve.
Stimulus: The insurance companies developed tables of standard weight and height and then linked them to the policy holders. They found that those policy holders whose weight and height fell into the category lived longer than those whose weight and height was slightly outside the given range. The argument mainly relies on the assumption that if the weight is controlled then the life expectancy of the policy holder will increase.
IMO E: As the statement states by controlling weight there wouldnt be any damage that would reduce their life expectancy.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
(A) Some people would be unwilling to modify their weights solely to increase the general population’s overall life expectancies.
(B) Life insurance companies intended their tables to guide individuals in adjusting their weights in order to increase their life spans.
(C) The tables include data gathered from policyholders whose deaths resulted from accidents in addition to those whose deaths resulted from natural causes.
(D) Holders of life insurance policies do not have longer overall life expectancies than the general population.
(E) People’s efforts to modify their weight to conform to a given range would not damage their health enough to decrease their overall life expectancies.
Stimulus: The insurance companies developed tables of standard weight and height and then linked them to the policy holders. They found that those policy holders whose weight and height fell into the category lived longer than those whose weight and height was slightly outside the given range. The argument mainly relies on the assumption that if the weight is controlled then the life expectancy of the policy holder will increase.
IMO E: As the statement states by controlling weight there wouldnt be any damage that would reduce their life expectancy.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?
(A) Some people would be unwilling to modify their weights solely to increase the general population’s overall life expectancies.
(B) Life insurance companies intended their tables to guide individuals in adjusting their weights in order to increase their life spans.
(C) The tables include data gathered from policyholders whose deaths resulted from accidents in addition to those whose deaths resulted from natural causes.
(D) Holders of life insurance policies do not have longer overall life expectancies than the general population.
(E) People’s efforts to modify their weight to conform to a given range would not damage their health enough to decrease their overall life expectancies.
